
I'll sit atop the magic wall with the voices in my head
Then we'll drive on through to Memphis, past the strongest shoals
Then on to Arkansas just to touch the gumbo soul
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
There's never any highway when you're looking for the past
The land becomes a memory and it happens way too fast
The money's all in Nashville but the light's inside my head
So I'm going down to Florence just to learn to love the thread
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
I burned up seven lives and I used up all my charms
I took the long way home just to end up in your arms
That's why I'm going down to Florence, now I got my pretty dress
I'm gonna let the magic wall put the voices in my head
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me

Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and his first wife Vivian Cash.
Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws from many genres, including folk, pop, rock, blues and, most notably, Americana. In the 1980s, she had a string of genre-crossing singles that entered both the country and pop charts, the most commercially successful being her 1981 breakthrough hit "Seven Year Ache". It topped the U.S. country singles chart and reached the Top 30 on the U.S. pop chart.
In 1990, Cash released Interiors, a spare, introspective album which signaled a break from her pop country past. The following year she ended her marriage to songwriter Rodney Crowell.
She moved from Nashville to New York City. She has continued to write, record, and perform, having since released six albums, written three books, and edited a collection of short stories. Her fiction and essays have been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford American, New York Magazine, and other periodicals and collections.
Cash won a Grammy Award in 1985 for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" and has received 12 other Grammy nominations. She has had 11 No. 1 country hit singles, 21 Top 40 country singles, and two gold records. Cash was the 2014 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award, in the Performing Arts category.
On February 8, 2015, Cash won three Grammy awards: for Best Americana Album for The River & the Thread, Best American Roots Song, with John Leventhal; and Best American Roots Performance for her album A Feather's Not A Bird. Cash was honored further in October that year, when she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
On this song:
John Leventhal (producer & Rosanne's husband): Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Organ, String Arrangement
Shawn Pelton: Drums
David Mansfield: Violin, Viola
Leventhal is a very, very talented dude. The sound of the album is pretty much all his (& Rosanne's, of course).
One track (The World of Strange Design) features Derek Trucks on slide guitar.
You're thinking of this one, which this one does sound like.
Most definitely a list of all-stars, gender not withstanding.
Thank you 3000, Bill & Rebecca ❤️
I know, they're both pretty good! Sounds like an 8 here in CO.
Yep, It's Groovy. 8
Anyways, it deserves a place in the museum of consciousness.
Great song! (don't forget EmmyLou for your list)
Me Too!